Ramon S. Godfrey was 20 when he was fatally shot on July 7, 2013, in Chicago’s New City neighborhood. The shooting occurred in a vehicle, highlighting the sudden danger young people faced that year as gun violence rose across the city.

Godfrey’s death is one of several fatal shootings in New City during a period of heightened violence that affected families and strained community resources. Public safety records and crime maps from that time show the neighborhood among those contending with persistent socio-economic challenges linked to ongoing cycles of violence.

If anyone has information about the incident or remembers Ramon, please share what you know with investigators. How can the community help bring answers in cases like this?